OFCCP Issues NPRM to Require Contractors’ Detailed Pay Information
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has released a Fact Sheet, FAQs and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to submit an annual...
View ArticleOFCCP Rules Against Pay Secrecy by Federal Contractors
The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced a proposed rule that would prohibit federal contractors from maintaining pay secrecy policies. Under the...
View ArticleDOL Extends Commentary Period on Contractor Reporting Rule
The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a 60-day extension of the comment period for its proposed rule requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to submit an annual Equal Pay Report on...
View ArticleOFCCP to Send Out 2,500 Advance Audit Notifications
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is sending out 2,500 Courtesy Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) nationwide to notify employers that they are being slated for audits....
View ArticleFederal Agencies Release Fall Regulatory Plans
Just as Congress was leaving town for the Thanksgiving holiday, various federal agencies released their mandated Fall 2014 Regulatory Plans and Unified Agendas on Friday, Nov. 21 — beating winter by a...
View ArticleDOL Announces Rule to Protect Against Sexual Orientation, Gender ID...
A new rule prohibiting discrimination on the bases of sexual orientation and gender identity in the federal contracting workforce is being announced today by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The...
View ArticleDOL Proposes Rule on Federal Contractor Sex Discrimination Guidelines
The Department of Labor (DOL) today announced a proposal to clarify federal contractors’ requirements to prohibit sex discrimination. The recommended changes would revise the Office of Federal Contract...
View ArticleDOL Extends Comment Period for Contractors’ Sex Discrimination Rule
The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a two-week extension of the comment period for its proposed rule governing the obligations of federal contractors and subcontractors not to discriminate on...
View ArticleLGBT Workplace Discrimination Rule Takes Effect for Federal Contractors
President Obama’s executive order prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by businesses with federal contracts goes into effect today, effectively...
View ArticleHIPAA Audits Resume
If this past December were any indication, then the HIPAA Privacy Rule audits commencing this year could snare covered entities and their business associates big time. At the end of 2015, the Office...
View ArticleOFCCP Updates Sex Discrimination Guidelines
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has issued a Final Rule updating its sex discrimination guidelines, which were last revised in 1970. The rule implements Executive Order...
View ArticleFederal Contractor Final Rule on Sex Discrimination Takes Effect Today
A final rule by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against individuals based on sex, including gender identity and sexual...
View ArticleFederal Judges Blocks Provisions of Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Rules
A day before they were to take effect, a U.S. District Judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction against the disclosure and arbitration agreement provisions of the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces...
View ArticleDOL Sues Technology Giant Oracle Over Pay, Hiring Discrimination
The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed suit against the Oracle Corp. of Redwood Shores, Calif., alleging the technology giant pays white males more than female or minority employees and also favors...
View ArticleAfter Nearly Quarter-Century, Discrimination Case Is Settled
The Department of Labor (DOL) has settled a case that arose from a 1993 compliance review of NationsBank, N.A., that found systematic hiring violations involving African-American applicants for...
View ArticleTrump’s Budget Proposes Merger of EEOC and OFCCP
The budget proposal just released by the White House envisions a merger of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), “creating...
View ArticleProposed Merger of EEOC and OFCCP Dies a Quick Death in the Senate
The Trump administration’s plan to merge the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) was abruptly rejected by the Senate...
View ArticleFederal Contractors to Be Audited for Affirmative Action Compliance
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) this month sent out 1,000 Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (“CSAL”), informing the recipients that their companies would be audited...
View ArticleOFCCP to Audit for Equal Employment, Religious Freedom Protections
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) today announced two new policy directives focused on ensuring equal employment opportunity and protecting Americans’ religious freedom. The...
View ArticleEEOC Pay Data of No Use, Says Federal Contractor Watchdog Agency
In a notice published today in the Federal Register, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) deems the two years of pay data being collected by the Equal Employment Opportunity...
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